# curare
## English
### Alternative forms

* curari, urare, urari, woorari, wurali

### Etymology

From a Cariban language; compare Kari'na urari, Trió urari, wïrari, Akawaio urari, Pemon urari, Macushi urari, referring to various vines of genus Strychnos.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kjʊˈɹɑː.ɹi/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /kjʊˈɹɑ.ɹi/

### Noun

curare (usually uncountable, plural curares)
* A plant, Strychnos toxifera, formerly used in arrow poisons in South America due to its D-tubocurarine content.
* Other South American plants with similar toxins that were also used in arrow poisons, mostly in the family Menispermaceae.
* A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.

#### Derived terms

* anticurare
* curarine
* curarise
* -curium
* -curonium
* leptocurare
* pachycurare
* tubocurarine

#### Related terms

* curariform
* curarisation, curarization
* curarize

#### Translations
### References

* “curare”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “curare”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

### Anagrams

* Carreu, Ur-race, ur-race

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish curare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kyˈraː.rə/, /kuˈraː.rə/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: cu‧ra‧re

### Noun

curare n (uncountable)
* curare

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin cūrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuˈra.re/
* Rhymes: -are
* Hyphenation: cu‧rà‧re
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

curàre (first-person singular present cùro, first-person singular past historic curài, past participle curàto, auxiliary avére)
* (transitive, medicine) to treat, cure (a patient, disease, etc.)
    Synonyms: medicare, fasciare, sanare, guarire
* (transitive) to look after
    Synonyms: badare, guardare, provvedere a, governare, seguire
    curare gli interessi di Johnto look after John's interests
* (transitive) to value; to take care of
    curare le amicizie ― to value friendships
* (transitive) (with [che + subj.] or [di + inf.]) to do in such a way (that); to make it so (that)
    Synonym: adoperarsi
    Curerò che lui non sappia nulla dell'accaduto.I will make sure that he won't know anything about what happened.

#### Related terms

* cura
* curante
* curarsi
* curatela
* curativo
* curato
* curatore
* curazione

### Anagrams

* curerà

## Latin
### Verb

cūrāre
* inflection of cūrō:
** present active infinitive
** second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kuˈɾa.ɾi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /kuˈɾa.ɾi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kuˈɾa.ɾe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kuˈɾa.ɾɨ/
* Hyphenation: cu‧ra‧re

### Noun

curare m (uncountable)
* curare (a substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine)

## Romanian
### Etymology

From cura +‎ -re.

### Noun

curare f (plural curări)
* cleaning, purification

#### Declension
### References

* curare in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuˈɾaɾe/ [kuˈɾa.ɾe]
* Rhymes: -aɾe
* Syllabification: cu‧ra‧re

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

curare m (plural curares)
* curare

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

curare
* first/third-person singular future subjunctive of curar

### Further reading

* “curare”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

curare n
* curare